Meet Mulberry’s knitting nans

Catehrine and Beatrice, knitters from Eribe, have a tea break in Harrods Photo: Mulberry

Harrods played host to the launch of Mulberry's
Brilliant Britain guide
this morning - an interactive website celebrating the very best of what Britain has to offer - and 77-year-old Beatrice from Scotland, who had never set foot in the famous corner shop until today.

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And so, from the comfort of a fluffy armchair, Beatrice was made to feel at home as she clacked away on her knitting needles, busy creating the Aztec-inspired tassel scarf proudly on sale in the Mulberry concession.

Having travelled down from near Aberdeen - where she knits inbetween doing household chores - Beatrice explained that the pattern chosen by Mulberry was a rather "tricky one" because of the several colours used and its intricate pattern. Luckily, Mulberry recruited Beatrice and a local gang of highly skilled knitters through
Eribé
, a Scottish knitwear design house, to bring its creative director Emma Hill's designs to life.

The wool blend, hand knitted tassel scarf by Mulberry, £995

The 124-year-old house is celebrated in Mulberry's guide to Brilliant Britain - where users are invited to nominate what they think is brilliant about Britain - be it a person, shop, activity or place.

"One thing we are particularly brilliant at in Britain is self-depreciation" explained Brilliant Britain editor Henrietta Thompson. "I think humbleness is a very beautiful virtue and certainly a very British one, but it does sometimes feel that we only shout about how great we are as a nation when there's a big exciting event happening or a huge cause at stake."

Sit back and admire the brilliant handicraft of Beatrice's fellow Eribé nimble knitters, Margaret and Valerie, in the video below: